North Carolina’s largest school system has rejected a parent’s request to remove the book “The Kite Runner” from its high school English curriculum.
“The Kite Runner” is an award-winning but frequently challenged historical novel by Khaled Hosseini set in war-torn Afghanistan that discusses topics such as rape and suicide. Last week, a Wake County school board panel voted 3-0 to uphold a district committee’s recommendation to continue using the book as required reading for 10th-graders.
Taura Waller, the parent who filed the book challenge, said she was disappointed in the board’s decision…